Table-talk; Or, Selections from the Ana: Containing Extracts from the Different Collections of Ana, French, English, Italian, and German. With Bibliographical Notices |
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... Boswell's Life , are added under the head of Johnsoniana ; and a few selections from the valuable , but imperfectly known Omniana of Southey , close the ex- tracts from the English Ana . EDINBURGH , July 1827 . TABLE - TALK . PART I ...
... Boswell's Life , are added under the head of Johnsoniana ; and a few selections from the valuable , but imperfectly known Omniana of Southey , close the ex- tracts from the English Ana . EDINBURGH , July 1827 . TABLE - TALK . PART I ...
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... Boswell's Life , are added under the head of Johnsoniana ; and a few selections from the valuable , but imperfectly known Omniana of Southey , close the ex- tracts from the English Ana . EDINBURGH , July 1827 . TABLE - TALK . PART I ...
... Boswell's Life , are added under the head of Johnsoniana ; and a few selections from the valuable , but imperfectly known Omniana of Southey , close the ex- tracts from the English Ana . EDINBURGH , July 1827 . TABLE - TALK . PART I ...
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... Boswell's Life , are added under the head of Johnsoniana ; and a few selections from the valuable , but imperfectly known Omniana of Southey , close the ex- tracts from the English Ana . EDINBURGH , July 1827 . TABLE - TALK . PART I ...
... Boswell's Life , are added under the head of Johnsoniana ; and a few selections from the valuable , but imperfectly known Omniana of Southey , close the ex- tracts from the English Ana . EDINBURGH , July 1827 . TABLE - TALK . PART I ...
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... , his DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE , was announced to the world by the publication of its Plan , or Pro- Extracted from Boswell's Life of Johnson . 2 spectus . The booksellers who contracted with Johnson , single [ 231 ] JOHNSONIANA.
... , his DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE , was announced to the world by the publication of its Plan , or Pro- Extracted from Boswell's Life of Johnson . 2 spectus . The booksellers who contracted with Johnson , single [ 231 ] JOHNSONIANA.
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... Boswell , " Sir , the way in which the plan of my Dictionary came to be inscribed to Lord Chesterfield , was this : I had neglected to write it by the time appointed ; Dodsley suggested a desire to have it addressed to Lord Chesterfield ...
... Boswell , " Sir , the way in which the plan of my Dictionary came to be inscribed to Lord Chesterfield , was this : I had neglected to write it by the time appointed ; Dodsley suggested a desire to have it addressed to Lord Chesterfield ...
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